Karim Cheurfi

Karim Cheurfi (1978-20 April 2017) was an Islamic State sympathizer who killed a French policeman and wounded three others in a shooting on the Champs-Elysees of Paris on 20 April 2017.

Biography
Karim Cheurfi was born in France to a North African Muslim family, and he lived in the eastern Paris suburb of Chelles. Cheurfi had a criminal record during the 1990s and 2000s, and he was arrested in 2001 for shooting three policemen as they attempted to pull him over and subdue him. In 2003, he was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to twenty years in prison, later reduced to fifteen years, and he was released early. At 9:00 PM on 20 April 2017, Cheurfi pulled up next to a French police van with a car on the Champs-Elysees of Paris, and he exited his vehicle and fired into the vehicle with an AK-47 assault rifle. After shooting the policemen, he fired at bystanders as he attempted to run away, only to be gunned down by responding policemen. Cheurfi had killed 1 person and injured 3 before he was killed.